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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TCpete
thats what happens when you buy an auto and you realize you made a huge mistake and want a 5spd! lol
Damn, I have an auto......is that smoke I smell?
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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wow.. watching to see what happened... good thing the person is ok
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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Lol your tc on fire and you have the time to snap a picture.... Im sry lol
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MyScionVVTI
Lol your tc on fire and you have the time to snap a picture.... Im sry lol
The person that owner the car didnt take the pictures. It wasnt the persons car who posted this.He just saw it on the side of the road.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:35 PM
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^ Yeah.... READ THE THREAD! Golly... Still hope that the dealer is able to locate the owner of that car and get us an update!
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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^I guess I will mess with you WDS: READ THE THREAD

From a few posts up:

UPDATE~

Customer called the dealership back...

she is ok, vehicle was a total loss, waiting on insurance to determine "cause"......


They are helping the customer out with a loaner vehicle......

In the dealer world, It makes me proud to know that "Great" people are still out there!

codose to the Stewart Family! They ROCK! and I would recomend them at the drop of a dime to anyone...

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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Oops... call this pickle a cucumber.... LoL....

eating my own words....

Still want to know the cause!

< Runs to the corner and cowers in shame....
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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The dealer is currently working w/ the customer and in fact has given her a loaner per a post a few above this...

UPDATE~
Customer called the dealership back...
she is ok, vehicle was a total loss, waiting on insurance to determine "cause"......
They are helping the customer out with a loaner vehicle......
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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LOL. THATS FOR SAYING I HAVE A GIRLY COLOR.

I want to know the cause to. I would almost guarantee its a fluke or the dealership messed something up. I think the people scarred of a recall are WAY off. one mishap never causes a recall or reason to fear a major problem.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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Heh... a minute or so late in my response, eh? (See what happens if one is a slow typist?)

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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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HAHA!!!
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick06tC
I want to know the cause to. I would almost guarantee its a fluke or the dealership messed something up. I think the people scarred of a recall are WAY off. one mishap never causes a recall or reason to fear a major problem.
I was thinking the same thing...
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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I can imagine the shop about the time that was happening...

George: "Hey, Fred, what are these injector O-rings doing on my bench?"
Fred: "Oh, S___!!! Who's tC was that just in here?"


I suspect it was probably something broken, bent, mis-assembled by the shop, or not tightened down. It happens, just usually not with such violent results - thank goodness.

Hopefully they can determine what happened so the rest of the tC owners can quit worrying.

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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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hopefully its for insurance purposes and is not gonna be a recall
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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subbing for a possible cause
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 02:14 AM
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subbing? Thats a new one for me???
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 03:28 AM
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Subbing? As in BDSM?

(Term is new to me in this context, too, Tim.)

My only defs are "being submissive" or "substituting," neither of which fits.

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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 04:10 AM
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I dunno... there's a lot of weird terminology these days... today I read someone talking about "I'll have to cake with the girls over the payphone now" wtf?
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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I imagine he meant subscribing to the thread so that he can see the cause.
I usual type watching this.
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 09:28 AM
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Those pics make me want to cry. I hate fires.



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